348 East 87th Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

The 5-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement at 348 East 87th Street, built in 1920 and currently owned by Loretta Spiteri, has faced several significant maintenance and sanitation challenges in recent years. Most notably, there have been recurring issues with rodent infestations, with multiple complaints and inspections between 2020 and 2025 indicating varying degrees of rodent activity. The most recent rodent inspection in July 2025 resulted in a failure for "Other Reasons," though a subsequent inspection in September 2024 had passed.

The building has also experienced pest-related problems, with unsanitary conditions reported in September 2024 that were unable to be fully inspected by HPD. While the building has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2019 through 2025, showing zero infested units in its most recent filings, the property has received two Class A violations in 2020 and 2021 related to failure to file annual bedbug reports, though these were subsequently closed. The property's maintenance history reveals both persistent challenges and occasional successful interventions.

For example, there were two reports of rodent conditions in 2024 that HPD was unable to inspect, and while separate rodent sightings were documented by DOHMH, inspections generally resulted in either no violations or passed inspections. The building has also faced various other complaints over the years, including a 2024 DOHMH smoking violation and past concerns about garbage/recycling storage in 2020, though most of these complaints were resolved through inspections that found no violations. A notable number of complaints were filed in 2024, but many of these appear to be related to the building's ongoing pest management challenges rather than new or exacerbated conditions.